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FEMA Scrubs Data About Puerto Rico’s Lack of Water and Electricity

FEMA Scrubs Data About Puerto Rico’s Lack of Water and Electricity

On Wednesday, roughly two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck, just 50 percent of Puerto Rico had access to drinking water and only 5.4 percent had electricity. That information was clearly displayed on Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) website on disaster relief efforts in the U.S. territory. But the next day, as first noticed by the […]

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    Tesla Sends Hundreds of Batteries to Puerto Rico

    Tesla Sends Hundreds of Batteries to Puerto Rico

    Tesla is sending its Powerwall system to Puerto Rico as the island deals with widespread power loss in the wake of Hurricane Maria. According to Electrek, the company has been quietly shipping hundreds of battery packs to be paired with solar panels to Puerto Rico ever since the storm cleared. Fortune reported that Tesla employees […]

    Puerto Rico’s Power Grid ‘Virtually Gone’ After Hurricane Maria

    Puerto Rico’s Power Grid ‘Virtually Gone’ After Hurricane Maria

    Puerto Rico’s power grid is “virtually gone,” Acting Department of Homeland Secretary Elaine Duke told a Senate committee Wednesday, confirming that the massive humanitarian crisis on the island could endure for months. “Our focus is not necessarily restoring energy,” Gov. Ricardo Rosselló told CNN on Wednesday. “The energy grid has been destroyed …. And we […]

    Puerto Rico Faces ‘Apocalyptic’ Conditions: Humanitarian Crisis Grows for 3.4 Million U.S. Citizens

    Puerto Rico Faces ‘Apocalyptic’ Conditions: Humanitarian Crisis Grows for 3.4 Million U.S. Citizens

    Puerto Rico’s humanitarian crisis continued to grow over the weekend, as officials described “apocalyptic” conditions across the island in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Many of the 3.4 million American citizens living on the island are without power and disconnected from communications, and officials estimate some areas won’t see power restored for months. Isolated towns […]

    Hurricane Maria Devastates Puerto Rico

    Hurricane Maria Devastates Puerto Rico

    By Andy Rowell As new Hurricane Maria brings devastation to Puerto Rico, the governor of the island, Ricardo Rossello, has asked Donald Trump to declare the U.S. territory a disaster zone. He has said that Maria could be the most damaging hurricane to hit the country in more than 100 years. With maximum recorded wind […]

    Zika Goes Viral in the U.S.

    Zika Goes Viral in the U.S.

    By Kim Knowlton The news on Zika virus in the U.S. isn’t good at all this week. The outbreak in Puerto Rico is raising huge concerns. There have been more than 5,000 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus reported to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Puerto Rico, but it’s feared that number […]